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"Alamo
I is an interesting milestone because it's now the largest solar farm in Texas, but it's still a
small part of what is to come," says Tony Dorazio, chief executive of OCI
Solar Power, which owns and operates the facility. "Alamo I is only step
one to Texas'
rise as a big player in solar."

CPS Energy will buy all the power under a 25-year contract from
what will be the largest US municipal utility solar project when completed in
2016 - enough electricity for about 70,000 homes. This will be about 10% of the
utility’s residential customers, according to OCI.

Project consortium partners include Nexolon America, which
will supply panels, inverter provider KACO New Energy and ERCAM, a unit of
Spain’s Energia ERCAM, which will furnish solar trackers.

OCI
and local officials estimate the partnership will bring manufacturing plants,
800 permanent jobs and an annual economic impact of $700m to
Texas,

"By
2020, 65% of our community's electricity will come from resources that are low-
or no-carbon emitting — reducing emissions in an amount that's equal to removing
more than a million cars from local roads," says CPS Energy chief
executive Doyle Beneby.

Another
solar project, Alamo II, will bring an additional 4.4MW to San Antonio upon
completion in early 2014.